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Bug 606193 - loss of connectivity to scanners
loss of connectivity to scanners
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 143855
Product: GIMP
Classification: Other
Component: Plugins
2.6.6
Other Windows
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: GIMP Bugs
GIMP Bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-01-06 10:14 UTC by Wayne Halvorsen
Modified: 2010-03-15 15:00 UTC
See Also:
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Description Wayne Halvorsen 2010-01-06 10:14:28 UTC 
I have 2 different Canon flatbed scanners and Gimp has always recognized them since day one and there have been no problems in creating images with them. Suddenly yesterday for no apparent reason (no recent system changes or new software installations) when I select create new image with scanner nothing shows up in the dialog box. I've tested the scanner I'm using today (Canoscan N1240U) with windows and it tests perfectly. I can't find anything in the Gimp menu file/preferences that would enable me to reinstall scanners. Directly after installation Gimp had automatically recognized them the first time I started up.
Comment 1 Michael Schumacher 2010-01-06 12:40:27 UTC 
2.6.6 is known to be buggy. Please try a more recent release and report back.
Comment 2 Wayne Halvorsen 2010-01-08 08:27:22 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> 2.6.6 is known to be buggy. Please try a more recent release and report back.

Thanks for your help. Per your instructions I removed Gimp 2.6.6 and 
installed V 2.6.8 without a glitch but there's no change. The scanner is 
recognized by Picassa and Omnipage (& works fine), but not by Gimp. I've 
uninstalled the scanner's software & reinstalled the latest. I uninstalled 
the scanner and at reboot it was recognized automatically by Vista and 
reinstalled. In Gimp/Edit/Preferences/Input devices/Input controllers I 
don't find the scanner (Canon N1240U) listed and although the heading at the 
top of the box is "Additional Input controllers" I don't see how I can add 
any controllers that aren't already there. In Vista Control Panel the 
scanner's properties show liasons with Picassa & Omnipage under "Events" but 
there's no mention of Gimp. I'm stuck.
Comment 3 Michael Schumacher 2010-01-08 17:27:19 UTC 
Scanners aren't input controllers.
Comment 4 Sven Neumann 2010-01-08 20:33:52 UTC 
The twain plug-in in GIMP is unmaintained. So if you need scanners to work with GIMP under Windows, you should consider to fix the plug-in and send us a patch.
Comment 5 Michael Schumacher 2010-03-15 15:00:50 UTC 
Let's resolve this as a duplicate of our "TWAIN is broken" bug.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 143855 ***